AI Build Lead

Multiverse

AI Build Lead managing product delivery and team growth at EdTech firm Multiverse. Engaging in product vision and hands-on coding with emphasis on AI-native practices.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You lead the team, own delivery, and write the production code that puts the product in front of real customers.
You partner with the leadership to shape the vision and own how it comes to life.
As a player-coach, you line-manage and grow a small core team while staying in the code, pulling in other engineers and specialists as the work needs them.
You bring the product vision to life for real apprentices, customers and coaches.
You own discovery, build, launch, and the calls on what to build next.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have delivered a customer-facing product end to end, and you are at your best taking an early vision and making it real.
You ship production code and understand what makes AI product engineering its own discipline: context management, model selection, tool design, evaluation of agent output, and the token economics that separate a prototype from an affordable production system.
You have led and grown engineers while staying hands-on, setting direction and coaching without disappearing into management.
You build with Claude Code, or the equivalent of the week, daily and well: worktrees, context steering, critical review, evals kept running.
You explain product and technical calls clearly to engineers and the senior leaders you work with, write briefs that move decisions forward, and hold your ground with a Principal engineer without needing to be the most technical person in the room.

Benefits

Comp & perks

27 days holiday, plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days, 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year
private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
Hybrid work offering - for most roles we collaborate in the office three days per week with the exception of Coaches and Instructors who collaborate in the office once a month
Work-from-anywhere scheme - you'll have the opportunity to work from anywhere, up to 10 days per year
Space to connect: Beyond the desk, we make time for weekly catch-ups, seasonal celebrations, and have a kitchen that’s always stocked!

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

production codeAI product engineeringcontext managementmodel selectiontool designevaluation of agent outputtoken economicsworktreescontext steeringcritical review

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementcoachingcommunicationdecision makingvision shapingcollaborationdirection settingproblem solvinginterpersonal skills